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BBVA Bancomer Stadium, the new home of LigaMX side Club Monterrey, opens Sunday with a friendly against Benfica of Portugal. The $200M stadium, designed by Populous, is the most expensive facility built in Mexico and its amenities are on par with NFL facilities, according to project officials. Priv...

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Plans for a new rectangular stadium with a roof in Canberra's Civic "have been put on hold for at least a decade" as the ACT government prepares to foot the A$300M ($270M) bill for the Mr Fluffy asbestos clean-up.
But Canberra Stadium will be left "as is" and require "rolling renovations" to keep it ...

St. Petersburg city officials have "launched a tender for the completion of the Zenit Arena, which is currently being built on Krestovskiy island for the 2018 World Cup," according to INSIDE WORLD FOOTBALL. The 61,251-capacity stadium will cost about €934M ($1.2B). The total value of the contra ...

Tottenham is "to move out of White Hart Lane for one season" after announcing a delay in the construction of its new stadium, according to the PA. The club "overcame a major hurdle in July when the government approved a compulsory purchase order allowing work to begin on a new 52,250-capacity stadiu ...

Man City will move its first-team training base to the club's new £200M ($324M) facility next month.The state-of-the-art complex "will now open in phases from October to November," with Manager Manuel Pellegrini and his squad officially relocating during the next int'l break ( PA, 9/10 ). ...

Austrian top flight football club Rapid Vienna and the city "have agreed to a planning and building contract for the club's proposed new stadium," according to KURIER. The club "confirmed the agreement on Monday." In addition, "city aid for the construction of the new arena has been put forward." Th ...

La Liga side Málaga Owner Abdullah Al-Thani on Monday tweeted, "Good morning all Tomorrow I will be in Malaga If God wanted it," according to Manuel García of LA OPINION DE MÁLAGA. Al-Thani "had previously announced that he would return to the city to resolve the problem" of b ...

Real Madrid "has found a new partner in the Emirates" for a planned theme park in Abu Dhabi, according to José Félix Díaz of EL CONFIDENCIAL. This time it is the National Bank of Abu Dhabi "which has decided to attach itself" to the club. This week, an agreement between the bank ...

With "less than a month to go before the start of the cricket season, Victoria is still officially homeless for its final three Sheffield Shield matches" of '14-15, according to Jesse Hogan of THE AGE. The search for venues to be used for the last three rounds of the shield season, when the Melbourn ...

Scottish Championship side Rangers investor Mike Ashley, who also owns EPL side Newcastle United, "has bought the rights to rename Ibrox Stadium" for just £1 ($1.63), according to Keith Jackson of the Scotland DAILY RECORD. The agreement was struck two years ago with former Rangers CEO Charles ...

The roof of Mexican baseball stadium Práxedis Balboa, located in Ciudad Victoria, "collapsed due to intense rainfall over the past 24 hours, provoked by Tropical Storm Dolly." The roof "reportedly fell" at 6:30am on Thursday. No "victims or injuries have been reported" ( LA AFICION, 9/4 ). ...